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Essays

Noses of A-20 attack bombers at Douglas Aviation Co. in Long Beach, California

War Production

The War
The Great Depression and WWII (1929-1945)

American soldiers rest after the successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France

Life in the Infantry

The War
The Great Depression and WWII (1929-1945)

107th U.S. Colored Infantry Fort Corcoran near Washington, D.C.

Why I Decided to Make The Civil War

The Civil War
Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)

Horatio Nelson Jackson drives The Vermont through sage

America’s First Road Trip

Horatio’s Drive
Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

two women and a girl pose for a photograph before taking shelter

The Legacy of the Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression and WWII (1929-1945)

Teddy Roosevelt in Yellowstone in 1903

The Radical Idea of a Nation’s Park

The National Parks
Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

Illustration from A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery

Lewis & Clark: Inside the Corps, Circa 1803

Lewis & Clark
The New Nation (1750-1820s)

Two mug shots of Al Capone

The “Unintended Consequences” of Prohibition

Prohibition
Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

Still image of baseball legend Jackie Robinson

Baseball: Where Memory Gathers

Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Postwar United States (1945-1970s)

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The Brooklyn Bridge

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